Book Beginnings on Friday is a bookish meme sponsored by Katy at A Few More Pages. Here’s what you do: share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments … Continue reading
I’ve read my first book by Kate Atkinson and it is good. I read the English version “Case Histories“, but it’s also translated into Norwegian with the title “De Fortapte“. Case Histories starts off with 3 case histories from 1970, … Continue reading
The last week or so I’ve gone back to reading crime novels, and I started with Crossfire by the father/son-duo Dick & Felix Francis. Dick Francis had several professional careers through his life: During WWII he was a pilot in … Continue reading
The morsel this Monday comes from the novel Crossfire by Dick & Felix Francis. Dick Francis has written a string of crime novels from the English steeplechasing milieu and this is the last of theese novels as he died in … Continue reading
Good books quite frequently come into my life because of Thomas, and that’s the case with this one too. Thanks. Peter Grant’s life is about to change. He’s been working as a probationary constable for the Metropolitan Police and is … Continue reading
Downbelow Station, last week’s morsel, got ignored this week as my friend Thomas pushed Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch into my hands. (For some odd reason it’s called “Midnight Riot” in the US.) I’m almost finished and I’m having … Continue reading
The City & The City by China Miéville just won the 2010 World Fantasy Award for best novel. And it really is very, very good. Here’s a morsel: “Ul Qomans I shoved out of the way: Besz tried to unsee … Continue reading